Elk Creek Elementary School’s longtime principal Ryan Lucas will depart at the end of the 2017-18 school year to take a job as principal of Governor’s Ranch Elementary in Littleton.
Announced late last month, Lucas’ departure was motivated, in part, by a desire to work closer to where he lives down the hill.
Prior to joining Elk Creek in 2012, Lucas taught at Belmar Elementary School in Lakewood and Evergreen Middle School, and was the director of Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen for two years.
Lucas will be replaced by Valerie Pollitt, currently principal of Patterson International School in Lakewood and a resident of Indian Hills.

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